Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
A leading translation of Stoic philosophy in wise and practical aphorisms that have inspired Bill Clinton, Ryan Holiday, Anna Kendrick and many more. Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a wide range of fascinati ...Show more
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Original, experimental, and unparalleled in their charm, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There have enchanted readers for generations. The topsy-turvy dr ...Show more
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
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When a young student at a military academy mails some of his poetry to the great poet Rainer Maria Rilke, seeking advice, he initiates years of correspondence, during which Rilke expresses his most personal insights into the artist's relationship with life, the interior needs of the individual growing t ...Show more
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx And Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
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A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' "The Communist Manifesto" is edited with an introduction by Gareth Stedman-Jones in "Penguin Classics". Marx and Engels' revolutionary summons to the working classes, "The Communist Manifesto" is one of the most ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer Homer, Homer, Homer
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: good-very good
The Odyssey is a classic poem written by Homer that consists of 12.110 verses. It is unique already in that it has reached our days in its original form. This poem is a genuine revelation of the poetic thought of ancient Hellas....After the Trojan War, most of the survived Greek leaders returned by sea ...Show more
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way ...Show more
The Koran by N. J. Dawood
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: General Adult
N. J. Dawood's masterful translation of The Koran in a fully revised edition The Koran is universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible word of God as first revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago. Its 114 chapters recount the narratives and rules ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears th ...Show more
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" is a gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in "Penguin Classics" with an introduction by Philip Horne. The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. Afte ...Show more
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen's first published work, meticulously constructed and sparkling with her unique wit. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Ros Ballaster, University of OxfordMarianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the ...Show more
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation by Jean-Claude Van Itallie
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'You will be happy in this life and joyful in the next'The Tibetan Book of the Deadis overwhelmingly the most influential of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West and one of the greatest works created by any culture. Offering one of the most detailed and compelling portrayals of the after-death state i ...Show more
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Based on eyewitness accounts and his own unlimited access to the Emperor Hadrian's Imperial archives, the scholar Suetonius wrote a sweeping account of the lives of twelve of Rome's most powerful emperors. From the empire's most shining examples of ruling competency, such as Julius Caesar and Augustus, ...Show more